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What kind of tarot cards should I buy?

I only want to do this for fun- strictly for entertainment. And please, do not push your religion crap into this, it has nothing to do with what YOU believe. I want to buy tarot cards and read the cards for people strictly for fun, but when I searched, there are a lot of cards and I don't know which is which. What do you recommend, and where can I learn how to read these cards? :) Miss 6, if you've been reading this for 20 years, shouldn't you understand that taking this seriously is a subjective thing?

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1. Quick & Easy Tarot - Has the meaning of the cards printed right on the card. You can order them from amazon.com $16.50. As far as learning it depends how you learn best. If you can learn from a book easily go with "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tarot" and since your doing it for fun you might want to get "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tarot Spreads Illustrated" becuase doing the same spreads over and over again will get boring.
2. the rider-waite tarot deck is the basic tarot deck that is most commonly used. its great for a first tarot deck. http://www.amazon.com/Rider-Waite-Tarot-Arthur-Edward-Waite/dp/091386613X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1285963187&sr=8-1 and, this site is great for learning the meanings of all the cards and different tarot spreads. its free so you don't have to buy a book to learn: www.aeclectic.net
3. I will second the Ryder - Waite deck as your first deck but if the prints are not quite to your liking, try Robinwood - very similar to Ryder - Waite but with a little more umph!
4. I never get why people say things like this are for fun when you can find out some very serious things through tarot reading. Anyways, I always tell people to pick a deck that they feel drawn to. So if you see a deck that you feel drawn to pick it. The Raider-Waite deck is the most standard deck and there are plenty of books on it. A lot of books come with books and some just come with little white books. If you pick a deck that doesn't come with a book try Idiot's Guide 2nd edition for Tarot. Check out Yahoo Groups there are a lot of Tarot communities where you can talk to helpful knowledgeable people, which is better than asking on Answers you won't get people pushing their agenda on you.
5. The type of cards you buy is a very personal thing. I would suggest going into a New Age Bookstore and looking at cards. There are hundreds of different card decks but usually the stores will have several you can look at. You will find that you are drawn to certain cards and just go with that. You can also look at decks online at www.aeclectic.com.